Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1887-07-24
A Husbands Vengeance
Pease Bottom the Scene OF the
Killing of Defenceless
Man.
The Murderer Gives Himself
Into Custody and is Safely
Lodged in Jail.
An Eloquent Tribute to the
Memory of Beecher by
Ingersoll.
COLD BLOODED MURDER.
A Pease Bottom Tragedy.

COLD BLOODED MURDER.
A Pease Bottom Tragedy.
Coroner Redd arrived on this morn.
ing's train with the result of the jury's
verdict on the remains of VIM. Nc
Kean. The jury found shat William
Mexican came to bis death by gun
shot wound made by Michael o. 'Brien
with malicious intent" We have thus
to record another most cold-blooded
murder that was ever perpetrated in
this section Of the country.
A crime which has no excuse save
the unbridlsd swaying of mans pas.
sions. A defenceless man shot down
without moments warning, and
without q chance to defend his life
from the murderer's rapid fire. The
whole trouble had its origin in an
armour which the wife CT the prisoner
and the deceased had been carrying on.
The case had been fully aired in the
town courts some months ago. 1t seems
that O'Brien had harbored
these malicious feelings until they cul.
minated In the tragedy in which Nc
Kean lost his life. 1t seems that
O'Brien had prepared himself with 9
45-Sharp's rifle and 45-revolver to dc
his bloody work. Mexican had gone
to a field with q horserake to work
O'Brien had been laying in wait fol
him for some time in the woods ad,
joining. While McKean's back was
turned O'Brien creeped up behind the
brush with the murderous intent
fixed In bis mind. He fired at the
unsuspecting man, who received the
shot in his chest. He Immediately
jumped down from the rake and ran
toward the house. The murderer fol.
lowed him rapidly, firing another shot
at about thirty yards distant from
him, which lodged in his head JUS
behind his ear. Mexican fell welterine
In his blood. The fiend, not satisfied
with his hellish work, approached
to within three yards where
re again fired to make sure OF his
game, the bullet lodging somewhere in
his hips. The murdere had thus by
his three shots sent eoul into eterni.
ty without the slightest warning.
Satisfied that his victim was dead be
coolly and carelessly walked over to q
Mr.. Isaac's house and informed the
occupants that he had killed
KcKean. He was taken in
charge and an investigation made
to see II his statement was true, and
sad enough was the sight that they
found In the hay field, Mexican vel
tering in his blood and breathing bis
last. o. BrienIwas at once handed over b,
Rob Guy, deputy sheriff at that place
who placed him under arrest and i'm
mediately sent telegram for the cor
oner. At the inquest the fact WA
brought clearly to view that 0'Brier
had intended to kill him and he did
not think him armed, that he had moi
spoken to him for eleven months
It is not known what the final qusrre
was between O'Brien and his wife
that brought things to this fear
ful end. The murder WA
10 cold blooded one on {
defencless man, who may or may
not have been guilty of some misde
meanor in the eyes Of his assailant
1t did not matter, he had sacrificed
everything to satisfy his supposed
wrongs. Such q hard hearted Grim,
should not be easily condoned. Hu
man life would be at discount II suci
free use Of firaarms is allowed In wha
is supposed to be q peaceful country
Deputy Sheriff Guy came In oil
the morning train with tn
prisoner and lodged him under loci
and key with Sheriff Irvine. We ar
paincd to have to chronicle anothe
death by violent means. The count,
has had several at q late period
and the memory ofthose bloody scene
are not fully eradicated from the pub
lie mind. The third party to the
homicide, the woman Mrs. O'Brien,
testified that she saw the horse to thu
rake running away, when she rushed
into the field and came upon the body
Of Mexican lying face TO the earth.
She turned him over when he raised
his eyes and looked at her for the last
time, then breathed his last. Thus a
q spirit fed to Its maker to be Judged
for Its sins and to record the crime Of
another.